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Butter Worker No. 234,459. Patented Nov. 16, I880.

-IPEFERS. FNOTauTMOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D C UNTTEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR S. CORNISH AND DAVID W; CURTIS, OF FORT ATKINSON, WIS.

BUTTER-WORKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 234,459, dated November16, 1880.

Application filed J nne 28, 1880.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, OSCAR S. CoRNIsH and DAVID W. CURTIS, of FortAtkinson, in the county of Jefferson and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain Improvements in Butter-Working Machines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a butter-working machine having foldingsupporting-legs; and it consists in combining with three independenthinged legs two removable braces, one of which is extended between andseated in two of the legs, while the other is extended from the middleof the first brace to the third leg, in the manner hereinafter explainedin detail.

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of the machine with the legsinposition for use; Fig. 2, a similar view with the legs folded.

A represents the body of the machine, which may be constructed in themanner described in Letters Patent No. 190,707, dated April 25, 1877, orin any other suitable manner.

13, C, and D represent the three sustaininglegs, located two at one endand one at the other of the body, and each hinged at the upper end tothe under side of the body, so that when not required for use they maybe folded inward against the same. The hinges are located at the innersides of the legs, which have their upper ends widened and inclined sothat the legs can swing outward past a vertical position and bear firmlyat the top against the under side of the body, as shown.

It will be observed that the legs 0 I) are so hinged as to swing apartin unfolding, this arrangement being necessaryin order to securesufficient spread when the machine is standing, and to cause the to fallwithin the sides of the body when folded.

The leg 13, at one end of the body, is provided with a recess, a, andthe legs C D, at the opposite end of the body, are provided with notchesor recesses 11 in the inner corners, as shown.

A brace, E, is extended between the legs 0 D, and its ends seated in thenotches therein, as shown, and a second brace, F, having one endhollowed out, as shown, is extended from (N0 model.)

the leg B to the middle of brace E, in the manner represented.

The brace F is applied by inserting its small end into the hole in leg Band then slipping its notched end laterally upon brace E.

The parts are arranged to fit tightly and firmly together, and whenunited and adjusted they give the machine a firm and solid support.

hen the machine is to be laid aside or transported the braces areremoved and the legs folded, as shown in the drawings, the braces beinglaid upon the body or placed therein, as preferred.

We are aware that tables have been provided with legs framed together inpairs and hinged to the under side of the table at opposite endsthereof, the legs being held apart by a detachable brace extending fromthe framing at one end to that at the other.

We are likewise aware that three legs have been hitherto hinged, asherein shown and described.

Our present invention differs from the first of these in that, althoughthe legs are braced in two directions while in use, this result isaccomplished without the use of the expensive framing hithertonecessary, and which, owing to the approach of the legs in folding,could not be used with our machine; and from the second in that thebraces may be removed without passing around the machine from side toside, and in much less time than under the old construction; in that thelegs C D are braced in two directions, and in that they are much cheaperthan those formerly used.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is-- 4 Thecombination of the body having the three legs hinged at their innersides to the bottom thereof, and provided with the notches, theremovable brace extended between and seated in two of the legs, and thesecond brace seated at one end in the third leg and at the other endagainst the middle of the first brace.

OSCAR S. CORNISH.

Witnesses: DAVID W. CURTIS.

L. GossnLIN, HERMANN ZEUGNER.

